Considering the likelihood that U.S. military action anywhere in the Middle East would increase ratings for cable news outlets, THIS ITEMcomes as no great surprise:

A Pew study on Monday attracted attention for its assertion that Al Jazeera America, which promised a different take on the world than its cable news counterparts, mostly mirrored their approach when it came to the debate over Syria. But an equally interesting portion of the study found that all of the cable news channels were markedly more hawkish in their coverage than the public as a whole.